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Passing of Asiri de Silva

It is with great sadness that I inform you all of the untimely passing of young Asiri De Silva from Sri Lanka . We all remember that only a few weeks ago, young Asiri won the silver medal in the Junior 105+kg category at the Commonwealth Championships in Penang , Malaysia . It is indeed […]

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Best of all in Goyang City

Lu Xiaojun (CHN – 77kg) received the ELEIKO-IWF Press Commission’s Best Male Lifter Award and Jang Mi-Ran (KOR +75kg) was given the ELEIKO-IWF Press Commission’s Best Female Lifter Award. The Awards were presented by Alain Lunzenfichter, Chairman of the IWF Press Commission, and Dr. Tamás Aján, IWF President. On behalf of the IWF and the […]

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new East Asian Games record by Li Ping

W 53 kg   1 CHN LI Ping 1 93 1 122 215.0 GR Jerk 2 PRK PAEK Un Hui 2 88 2 113 201.0 3 HKG YU Weili 3 87 4 112 199.0 4 TPE FANG Li-chun 4 83 3 112 195.0 5 JPN MIYAKE Hiromi 5 82 5 110 192.0   Chinese weightlifter […]

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Two-time Olympian Chad Vaughn is on the stage again

Nearly 200 weightlifters, including members of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team and 2009 Senior World Team, will compete at the American Open in Mobile, Ala., Dec. 11-13. Among the athletes scheduled to participate in the event are 2009 Senior World Team member Sarah Davis (Rincon, Ga.) and two-time Olympian Chad Vaughn (Norman, Okla.), who will […]

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